COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 287, 2 December 1911, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. BUSINESS INCR_AS_,G. Auctioneers report that during the week the volume ..of business .has considerably increased. A big demand has been noticeable for all lines forward,'except old potatoes These are a drug on the market, and any reasonable price which will cover expenses has to be accepted. The Waltemata. from the South landed 1100 sacks, the - bulk of which is on hand. New potatoes ate exceptionally plentiful, and large•■ lota having come Into the market during tbe past week, prices have suffered a material' decline. Onions are very light I_.6f6cfc,~c_ly__ bags reaching the market by the Victoria on Tuesday last. Values are well maintained. The Victoria landed 10_t cases mixed fruit from Sydney In the early part of the week, including a considerable quantity of cherries ■which were In bad order.. Prime oranges reached record prices, and' over '1/ Per lb was touched for prime sound cherries The market is quite bare .of imported fruit, and all Incoming shipments wfll meet with a good demand. The Tofua; from Nukualofa, and the Navua from FBI are expected next week with bananas and pines. The prospects are good. C___r_)aa apples ore short. In local fruit, cherries, gooseberries, and tomatoes are selling well at satisfactory prices. Lemons have taken a ' jump, and good prices exist 'Batter and eggs are selling -well at late prices. Poultry •was penned in large quantities, with prices slightly lower than last week's rates. Field —Potatoes: OH, prime 30/ to 40/ per- ton (no demand); new. best 5/ to 6/, good 3/ to 4/,, medium 2/ft to 2/0 per cwt fc supplies heavy. Onions: ■ Imported, Victorians 15/, 'Frlscos 17/ per cwt Green peas, lOd to 1/ per peck. ■ Dairy Produce-.—Butter: Farmers', In prints, M to 10_ per lb; prime fanners.' bulk, lOd per lb. Eggs: Fresh, Od to lid per dozen. I Fruit.,—Apples: "Frisco, coloured, 'extra superior, 17/ to IS/G per case. Plums: English varieties, Sydneys 10/ to 12/. Tomatoes: Hothouse, best 9d to lOd, good 7d to 8d per lb; small, 5d to 6d. Oranges: Local, worth 16/ to 18/ per case; Sydney, gins, best 10/ to 18/, good I*/, bushels 14/ to 16/. Mandarins: Sydney, gins, small fruit 12/ to 14/; bushels, .7/ to 11/6. Lemons: Local, prime, 7/ to 8/_ bushel case (cured); local, rough and.coarse, 4/ to 5/ per case. Cherries: •Local, best lid to 1/1} ; per lb, good 7d to Od, small 5Jd to,6Jd; Sydney, .best, 15/ per box. 'Gooseberries, 0/ to 7/ per box... Walnuts, 7d per lb. Peanuts, 2-Jd lb. Pines: Crates, 9/. ... '..'_■'' .',..; "." Poultry..Hens,- each, best .3/, good. 2/3 to 2/6; table roosters, ' each, " extra -heavy if to 4/9, good 3/ to 3/6, Uffht 2/6 to 2/0; ducks, ,1/8 -to 2/6 each; chicks, 6d to 1/4 each; turkey gobblers, up to 11/ each: turkey hens, 14/ to 5/ each. Young pigs, 15/ to 20/ each.

; HIDES, SKINS, ETC. Messrs. Dalgety and '• Company, iLimited, [ Auckland, report having' held their usual , I weekly sale of hides,-skins, -tallow, etc, on ' Tuesday, November 28th. ' '"•■ '. i Hides.—'Market firm .at late rates.- ---| quote: Extra stout ox to 7Jd.,-'6t_it; 7d. to . 1 74_, medium 6_i. to 6Sd., light, ; 6d. to 6Jd. Cow: --Best lines, ' to 65d, good 61-Bd. to Old, seconds 5_ to ' 6d., stags 4Jd'. to s_,' kips Sid. to' 6id. Calf. Best lines to BJd., good -id. to -7i_, . .meaty sd. to ftd., cut and damaged to sd. ■ Sheepskins.—(Market firm. Best butchers' ! skins 5/6 to 0/G. good 4/3 to' 5/3, medium . , 3/6 to 4/; dry skins, large to 6/9, medium '4/ to 5/6, small 2/C to-3/5, best butchers' .' | pelt? and lambs to 1/3, damaged skins at .' I lower rates. .-'..' '-_',' ••, _ ,-• '| ' Tallow."' — Market firm. Best mixed Ine -shipment casks-to 28/"6. good -26/6, medium ' I 23/6, inferior 17/6 to 22/. -. . . . ,- . . \ Rough-Fat.—■-to-1-7 __• per -1b. .. ; Co__l_—-1/8 ' per dozen." .-.-•__ . .__. r ! Horsehair.— to IAO- per *..>» •-' Bones;—-Good dry, £4 17/6 per ton. '■' Messrs. • Dalgety and Co.; Ltd.,: have _. I reived the following, cable from their- Lon- , don office, tinder date November 30th. .'■ . Rabbit Skins.—Outgoing winter. Id. per '! 1..-. lower; other descriptions unchanged. - Tallow.— our last wire, 64., to 1/ , low.: limited demand, at the decline, vefy '' unsettled,-, but c.i.f,, more disposition to _ do business at a decline. ■ i, LONDON. : ' (By Cable.—Press Association.Copyright! ;-"- (Received December 1, 7.50 _i._..) LONDON, December 1. (Bank rate, 4 per cent _hort loans, 3 per cent. Three months' bills, 3 0-18 per cent Paris rater _ per cent. Berlin rate, 4J «_r cent. '"-' • ,■" 1 Consols and Colonial Stocks.—Consols are 5/ lower than last week, at £78 2/6. I Metals.— On spot,' ,£59 1/3; ai I three months, £59 16/3. Tin: On the t : spot, £204' 10/; at three months, £_>3. i I Lead: £15 15/. Pig iron: 47/9. Spelter: - 1£27. Silver: 2/ __. i ! Wool. The Bradford market Is slow. Quo- - ! tatlons for future delivery: Sixty-fours, 25d; -'common sixties, 24d.; fifties, 17J_; forties, •,_ld.; super, 24_d.; fifty-sixes, 20Jd.; forty- > j sixes, 14d. • - r Wheat—The wheat markets are stagnant I owing to the continuance of favourable re- - ports from Argentina. Buyers are only : ' filling immediate requirements. For South , i Australian. August shipment, 36/3 ls asked; j 36/6 for November, shipment; 35/9 for, Aus- - I trallan February shipment: 35/ for pare— r of Novembdr-_e_emit_r shipments. There Ils a poor demand for Australian spot at 36/6 to 37/. Best New Zealand, 34/6 to - 36/; medium, 34/6 to 35/. •, , The flour market Is dull. Australian: . patents, _l/9.t0 25/3. in store." ..... . The oat market is firm. La Plata December shipment, 16/11. ' "" ; The bean market is hardening. New Zea- , land, 35/6 to 36/6. ' " ".* ___"' German beet sugar, 16/3 per cwt.; first

marks, 17/4. At the wool sales the foUowlng prices were realised for New Zealand cllpe:—Etaewha, top price, lOd., average 9id.; Plpingara, top price 10_,_ average 9_\..._. . '~,'.-„. TJTTEIR 'MARKET FIRM. DON-DON, December 1. The butter market is firm, and prices are unchanged, except for Australian unsalted, which is quoted at 130/ to 132/. The small arrivals of colonial are rapidly cleared. ! Argentine butter is arriving in excellent j condition, and is bringing 130/ to 132/. I LONDON WOOL SALES. J I (Received 10.10-am.) — •■ "..... LONDON. December 11 . The wool sale to _ay ™E"__*__ ______% prices were well maintained, all section. operating.. ■ ,-'_' ■ I ' (Keceived JSI«-»J;> j .£__BJ_ SKINS. T_e sales closed firm, about 2750 Dale* »